Paul Ruggeri III was born on November 12,1988 and is a retired American gymnast.
24 Facts About Paul Ruggeri
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Paul Ruggeri was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and won a combined five medals at the 2011 and 2015 Pan American Games.
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Paul Ruggeri was an alternate for many World Artistic Gymnastics Championships teams for the United States and successfully made his first in 2015.
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Paul Ruggeri's father was a swimmer and his aunt a gymnast.
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Paul Ruggeri began gymnastics in 1995 at Central New York Gymnastics.
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Paul Ruggeri attended Fayetteville Manlius High School in his hometown of Manlius, New York, before enrolling at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to pursue gymnastics.
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Paul Ruggeri competed for the University of Illinois from 2008 to 2012.
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In 2008, Paul Ruggeri was the NCAA national champion on horizontal bar.
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In February 2012, Paul Ruggeri competed at the 2012 Winter Cup and won bronze on the floor.
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Paul Ruggeri was national champion on vault and won silver on parallel bars; the Illini were national team champions.
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Paul Ruggeri had five years of college gymnastics because he redshirted his 2011 year.
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In 2010, Paul Ruggeri was an alternate on the US squad at the World Championships.
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At the 2011 Pan American Games, Paul Ruggeri won gold on the horizontal bar and silver on parallel bars.
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At the 2012 US Nationals, Paul Ruggeri finished 7th in the all-around.
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Paul Ruggeri finished 6th in the all-around at Olympic Trials.
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In February 2013, Paul Ruggeri competed at the 2013 Winter Cup, where he won silver on vault and horizontal bar.
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Paul Ruggeri was an alternate on the US men's team to the 2014 world championships.
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Paul Ruggeri has been named to the US Gymnastics senior national team for 2015.
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On July 11,2015, Paul Ruggeri helped the US Men's Gymnastics team to their first Gold medal in twenty years at the Pan-American Games.
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Paul Ruggeri was then named to the 2015 World Championship Team that competed in Glasgow, Scotland where he placed 9th in Vault, and 5th as a team.
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Paul Ruggeri was on the scene for three Olympic quads, narrowly missing selection in 2012 and 2016.
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Paul Ruggeri came closest to selection in 2016 just after winning National Championships, on the horizontal bar, taking second on the vault, and third on the floor exercise.
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Paul Ruggeri studied molecular biology at the University of Illinois, with organic chemistry as his favorite class.
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Paul Ruggeri is earning a bachelor's degree in nursing from Le Moyne College and Saint Joseph's College of Nursing in Syracuse, NY.